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Xi Jinping has been on a quest to strengthen the ethnic identity of China, specifically the Han Chinese ethnic group, and this is probably part of it. If you lo
by narrator 3y ago
Xi Jinping has been on a quest to strengthen the ethnic identity of China, specifically the Han Chinese ethnic group, and this is probably part of it. If you look at the immigration policies of China, you'll find that they are some of the most restrictive in the world[1]. It is almost impossible for a Non-Chinese person to become a Chinese citizen. From what I've heard from people who know people in the Xi Jinping administration, they are embracing ethno-nationalism with incredible zeal. There's also a lot of ethnonationalist propaganda in China right now and western commentators have taken notice[2]. From what I've heard through sources, they're preparing for a future where it's eventually a zero sum game between China and the rest of the world, especially with regards to dwindling energy and other natural resources. For example China built six times as many coal plants as the rest of the world combined last year [3]. There is a huge denial of this in the west as westerners believe that racism and communism are incompatible, and at least China says it's communist.
[1]https://www.crownrelo.com/intl/en/article/four-toughest-places-get-citizenship-and-how-approach-them https://www.crownrelo.com/intl/en/article/four-toughest-plac...
[2]https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/riding-the-tiger-ethno-nationalism-and-chinas-foreign-policy/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/riding-the-tiger-ethno-natio...
[3]https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/npr/2023/03/02/1160441919/china-is-building-six-times-more-new-coal-plants-than-other-countries-report-finds/ https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/npr/2023/03/02/1160441919...
- rafram 3y ago> There is a huge denial of this in the west as westerners believe that racism and communism are incompatible, and at least China says it's communist. I don’t think westerners put a lot of stock in China’s claim to be communist, nor do I think many westerners would deny that it’s an ethnonationalist country.
- xgl5k 3y agoWesterners that are opposed to ethnonationalism are for the most part only really opposed to white ethnonationalism.
- narrator 3y agoSpeaking of weird ethno-nationalist paradoxes, is how could Israel and China be such allies when Judaism is completely illegal to practice in China?
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- rafram 3y agoI think that’s an over-generalization, but it also doesn’t really address what I said. Whether or not they’re opposed to it, westerners know that China defines itself as a country for Chinese people. Americans have all heard of the Uyghurs.
- jncfhnb 3y agoChina is building coal plants because it needs more energy. It’s that simple.
- PurpleRamen 3y agoIt's not even that. Those coal plants are just backup, as their hydropower-plants had big trouble for some reason years ago.
- BurningFrog 3y agoContext from quick googling: > China serves as home to 56 official ethnic groups. The largest group, the Han, makes up over 92% of China's vast population, and it is the elements of Han civilization regraded as "Chinese culture"
- narrator 3y agoThere is serious oppression of ethnic groups inside of China. Things have been changing fast under Xi. >Xi Jinping has celebrated majority Han culture as the timeless “soul of the nation”, gradually shifting ethnic policy from formal inclusion of 56 ethnic groups to cultural nationalism. Influential political economist Hu Angang called fusion a means of making China a strong and prosperous state again, while anthropologist Ma Rong considers “teaching barbarians” a revival of imperial tradition. These arguments emerged following mass violence in 2009, sparked by the murder of Uighur labourers by Han colleagues in a Guangdong factory accused of using coerced labour. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/05/china-celebrated-diversity-embrace-ethnic-nationalism-uighurs-dehumanised https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/05/china-...
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